Grabbing Groceries with the All Blacks

Watching the All Blacks run up
and down a rugby field might be commonplace, but the same can’t be said of
watching them run the aisles of a supermarket, trollies and red balloons in
tow.

At Countdown Manukau one Thursday
morning, All Blacks Aaron Cruden, Steven Luatua and Patrick Tuipulotu helped
three lucky duos dash around the supermarket each grabbing $3,000 worth of
groceries.

The couples won the shopping
sprees through a Coca-Cola promotion, allowing them to grab as many groceries
as they could to the value of $3,000 in five minutes and with the added bonus
of an All Black to help push their trolley.

The three pairs, two from Christchurch
and one from Auckland, were all treated to an all expenses stay in the Auckland
CBD. Well rested for the morning of grocery grab, each team approached the
challenge with varying strategies and a few healthy nerves.

“We’re going to send an All Black
to the meat aisle, and we’re just going to run and get whatever we can”

Allocated three trolleys each per
team, the winners expressed a bit of worry filling all three trolleys to the
value of $3,000, most saying they couldn’t comprehend what that value would even
look like come time to check-out.

Mrs Argyle was philosophical
about the experience saying “We didn’t have it before, so whatever we get is
awesome”.

She added that the pair had few
plans in place for their goodies too, “We’ve got lots of family, so whatever we
get that we don’t need we’ll just be giving away to everyone. We’re hoping to
take some stuff to a food bank as well.”

Luckily for the Christchurch
based pairs, Coca-Cola had all non-perishable goods couriered down to their
homes with a credit sent to them for the fresh goods they had grabbed.

All couples agreed it was a
unique experience, Mrs Drummond describing the prize as “incredible”.